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opticals

opticals is the plural of optical.

Meaning of optical

Noun

optical (plural opticals)

  1. Any special effect requiring laboratory work on the film.
    • It is a glossy film with gross, opulent opticals and little comic, or any, relief; it has the jaundiced complexion of an early 60s underground film, which it is; it is ponderous, Wagnerian, and feels about five hours long (its running time is about an hour).1976 August 14, Gary Jane Hoisington, “Locker Room As The Site Of Religious Ecstasy”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 7, page 9

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Noun

opticals pl (plural only)

  1. (India, plural, plural-only) spectacles
    • So don your 'opticals' for these charming Indian-English terms still widely encountered and many now entering mainstream use: […]2003, The Chemical Engineer, numbers 740-751, page 68

Questions about opticals

What does opticals mean?
Opticals means spectacles.
What is opticals the plural of?
Opticals is the plural of optical.
What part of speech is opticals?
Opticals is a noun.

Words near opticals in the dictionary

  1. opticality
  2. optically
  3. optically active
  4. opticalman
  5. opticalmen
  6. opticals
  7. optician
  8. opticianry
  9. opticians
  10. opticist
  11. opticists

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